Staff members who worked on Unknown 9: Awakening are reporting layoffs across the team at Canadian company Reflector Entertainment. The lost jobs include roles within Reflector's art, marketing, narrative and quality assurance (QA) teams, Game Developer reported. Unknown 9: Awakening launched last month to mixed reviews. On Steam, where it has a mixed rating, fewer … Read more
A documentary detailing the development process of We Happy Few developer Compulsion Games' next project, South of Midnight, debuts next week. In a message posted to its social media channels, Compulsion said the documentary – titled Weaving Hazel's Journey: A South of Midnight Documentary – allows the team to “explore the vision, art direction, music, … Read more
Activision quality control staff who worked on the just-released Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 have walked out in protest of the company's return-to-work policy. Staff at Activision's quality control studio in Eden Prarie, Minnesota, were told to return to the office full time in January, after years of remote or hybrid work. At the … Read more
Important points Google's smart speaker stopped responding to Spotify casts for unknown reasons on October 24th. The enthusiastic response led to extensive troubleshooting and bug reporting from affected users. Quick approval and bug fixes by Google developers averted crisis for Spotify users. Don't let anyone, including us, tell you that Google developers aren't paying attention. … Read more